Anyway, Christmas week. Busy, but not too busy since we don't do the gifts thing. We are not even having a party as I am WAY too pregnant to get anything together. Next year. I sat at home and took a nap and exercised a bit and then made pizza for dinner. Wonderful!
Week : 36
What I love: Another mile post down, not many left to go. I am getting more and more ready to just get it over with. I love that she appears to be another live wire and that she is going to be coming really soon. I love that I don't have to wait until spring to meet her! THANK GOODNESS for being due in January and not April! It made the time a lot harder to wait through. (Because spring always takes it's sweet time to come to AK and so it felt like a lot longer.) I love that I will soon be able to bend over!
What I hate: Getting pretty tired of the sacrum pain. Hip pain. Back ache. Irritableness. You know being 8 + months pregnant. I am ready to put it all behind me. It will be so nice to be just chubby and not pregnant! Oh I also am really hating my maternity clothes getting too small. Like what? If I don't wear my belly bands you can see my stomach. And don't suggest that I need a bigger size, because that will earn you a black eye!
What I miss: I miss this.
Being strong and fit and being able to sleep. Yep. I do I miss it. It will come back some day. I am actually stronger now then I was then. I can still do pull ups 30 lbs heavier so that's DEFINITELY an accomplishment!
I also miss being chill about the future. No anxieties on my horizon.
What I’m looking forward to the most: Not having any more worries about birth and labor. I am REALLY looking forward to crossing this finish line!
Sleep:
I am sleeping OK. But a lot of waking up and shifting all the pillows and the aching and all the normal 9 months pregnant stuff. REALLY looking forward to this being over with!
Wedding rings on or off: Off. I dropped my ring at the jewelers on Wednesday and I can't WAIT to get it back! I might even force it on my finger and keep it on until I give birth. Well. Maybe not.
Weight: 173 Weight Gain: 30 lbs! Yippee I didn't gain any weight last week! I was a bit shocked truthfully.
Worries: That she'll keep flipping breech and I'll have to have a c section.
Developments: Like I said, we had our 36 weeks apt on Wednesday and the booger and flipped head up. I don't know what to do about her. But the MW did tell me that it is very common for 3rd time moms to carry high and for the babies to not go down into the pelvis until labor. That made me feel better as I was wondering why they heck she hadn't dropped. But she did flip head down again the next day, so now I just have to make sure she stays that way.
Things of Interest:
Emma came with me to my apt. It was kind of fun. She is a very friendly little girl. We were going through the store and she was like, "nice baby!", " I like your bag!" "Hi! I like that guy, he's nice to me. " She is such a trip.
Joy want's me to be seen in Fbx while she is gone as she wants to make sure the baby is not breech when I go into labor. I'm fine with it, but it just means another trip up. Oh well, maybe I'll have her before that apt!
Mood: Mostly good. I'm more tired and cranky as it gets more uncomfortable to move around and I get more done with being pregnant. I am really trying to keep up and not sink into the end of pregnancy depression. It is working most of the time, but I need to distract myself more often then not.
Movement: Obviously yes!
The belly (and the button!): Still there.
Measurements: Chest: 39 Waist: Midsection: 42 Hips: 41.5 Thighs:
Large. But for some reason I am not feeling as large as I was with Emma. I don't know. Maybe it's my imagination, or maybe because I am not in as much pain as I was with her and moving around is not the trial it was with Emma either.
Exercise: 3 Days of Crossfit and two days of walking. So five total. Not the best, but I feel justified because a MW told me I should probably stick to walking. (Which I won't do, but I will cut back some.)
Eating: First half was OK. Then the second was total crap. :) I'll be better next week. Probably. :)
The weekly pics:
Head: Your baby is probably in a head-down position by now, which is optimal for a smooth delivery, and the head may be dropping lower into your pelvis.
Uterus: Your Braxton Hicks contractions may be a little more frequent now.
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